Carolyn Hax: Partner is saddened that his proposal got only a “maybe”
My partner is disappointed and saddened that my answer wasn't, “Of course I would love to!” And now we are having a hard time getting back to normal. I think there is this romanticized idea that when it comes to marriage, one is supposed to “just know” and have no doubts or anything.
Marriage just legally and/or religiously confirms what is already there. It is only what you and your partner create. Or it can spiral into a crap cabaret of miscues, lashings-out and manufactured outrages clung to until both of your last breaths.
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